Social Media Account After Death: After the advent of the Internet, social media expanded rapidly. Many new instant messaging apps came and people’s heads went up. There are some selected such apps around the world that you will find in every person’s phone. These include Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp etc. Through these apps, people convey their words to the world. Internet has made people’s life easier than before.
Today, if we want to know anything, we can do it with just one click. According to Statista survey 2022, Facebook is used by more than 291 crore people worldwide while WhatsApp is used by 200 crore and Instagram by 148 crore people. By reading these numbers, you can understand what is the importance of instant messaging app or social media around the world.
Today, not only does a person entertain himself through social media, but many important information is also being obtained through this in real time. Every day we all definitely spend some time on social media. These days people are also active on different apps. But have you ever thought what will happen to your social media accounts like Facebook, Instagram etc after your death? Can they be run after death or not. know about
Account can run even after death
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If you want your account to continue like this even after death, then you have to choose the heir of the account for this. Facebook-Instagram gives you the facility to choose the heir of the account. That means even after your death someone can run your account. This will not stop.
Heir for the account so selected
Facebook gives two types of facilities to its users. Firstly, you can either get the account deleted after your death or you can give it to your heir.
By choosing, you can keep the account smooth. To choose the heir, you have to go to the settings and privacy of the Facebook account.
First of all go to the setting option of Facebook and click on personal account information here
Now you will see the option of Account Ownership and Control, click on it and select Memorialisation.
Here you will see two options in which the first is legacy contact and the second is ‘delete account after death’
To select the heir, click on the legacy contact and now select the person whom you want to make as your heir. Means such a person who will run your account after your death.
Keep in mind, the person you add to the legacy contact can do many things like post in your account, or delete the post etc. Even he can speak to Facebook to delete the account. But the most important thing here is that the person added to the legacy contact can delete only that message or post of your account which has been put by him after your death.
Legacy contact can’t work
-Can’t read your private messages
-Removing or changing followers, tags, comments, past posts or photos cannot be done by a legacy contact.
-Removing a friend or accepting a new request
– The heir of a legacy contact or account cannot choose another heir.
Like Facebook, on Instagram also you can choose an heir for the account. The method for this is 90% the same because both the apps are of the same meta.
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